Chapter 4 THE BURDEN

"I can't believe she is still her old self," Michael muttered, watching her from the other side of the glass.

For a while, their eyes met and to his surprise she smiled and waved at him. "Don't be deceived, if she is her old self, then she is definitely hiding her pain with her smile," Mr. Mateo muttered, hitting his grandson in his back.

"The doctor wants to see you," he informed Michael. "I thought you were to handle any doctor visit," He grumbled.

"It's important, besides you will just be leaving her for a while," He teased. Dragging Michael with him.

"Enough, I'm not your little grandson anymore," Michael breaks free, arranging himself, just before they get to the office.

Arranging his dress, his cold look immediately came back on as he barged in. He let his grandfather exchange greetings, however when he got too long, he cut them short.

"What was so important you needed me here?" His irritated tone was enough to break their conversation.

"We ran some tests and to which we discovered her being crippled is only for temporary while," he began.

His words excited Michael that he barely could keep his composure. "Do whatever it takes?" He agreed almost immediately.

"Wait boy, what type of treatment?" Mateo stepped in. "Returning to her memories, we noticed her legs moving just as she received flashes of her accident, " the doctor explained.

"So you are saying If she remembers now, then she can walk," Mateo quickly summarize.

"Doctor, she can't remember, she shouldn't be made to remember, not now, can we delay the process?" Mateo inquired, confusing both Michael and the doctor.

"But she would be able to walk," Michael slowly reminded his grandfather. "Doc, be a good lad and excuse me and my grandson," he instructed, waiting till the doctor was gone before glaring at the son.

"What good will her walking do for you or for us?" He snap. "If she remembers, everything, then the plans you have would be shattered. She told you didn't she?"

"You will ask for her forgiveness but she won't give you, do why stress?" He question.

"Listen to me," Mateo calms himself. "If she doesn't remember then you can rekindle that spark, she is going to leave you, she is going to hate you, for heaven sake, do you know the hell she pass through with you,"

"And I have watched the clip, the night of her accident, you killed her child, the only thing she held unto, we can't have her remember that," he explained.

"But her legs, she will desperately want to walk," Micheal brought up. "she won't want to, if you like her the way she is, beside I can find other means or better still, you will make her fall deeply in love with you, before we let her remember," Mateo listed.

"Now you can go and meet her, I will finish up with the doctor here," he urge, but pauses when he saw guilt rewritten all over Michael face.

"Come on boy, if you can heartlessly torture her, then you can heartlessly lie to her," he teased, pushing Michael out the door and ushering the doctor back in.

Michael step were heavy and he returns to the Luxury room. Her smile even shattered him and he could only keep a straight face while sitting close to her, noticing how happy she was, he calmly tap her head, directing it to his way.

"You seem happy today, care to share," he requested hoping to get a sense of relief from her.

"I heard from the doctor, that's there is a way I can walk," She brought, his face turning pale instantly.

"Yes, there is," he murmured. "You don't seem happy about it," she noticed. "Look, Luxury, I nearly lost you once and only then did I realized how important you are to me, however this procedure, I might lose you forever," He explained.

"So it's too dangerous to risk," she completed and he could only nod..

"I'm really sorry, it's all my fault, I place you in this mess, I was so," he paused, unable to complete his world.

"But I promise you, that I will find other methods, money won't be a barrier," he assured, his eyes staring into hers.

Why didn't he ever noticed her big blue eyes that looks just like the peaceful sky.

She was beautiful, effortlessly beautiful even without make up, although bruise, her skin was still milky and smooth. Her face so soft to touch, he felt tempted to pull her cheek.

"Huh," she pauses, her words got his to divert from her looks and now at her words.

He could tell she was sad about this and yet was hiding it from him, her pain hurts him.

He wanted to fulfil all she wanted but now, what she wanted wasn't impossible. "Can at least know why I got into an accident?" She asked.

"You two had an argument," Mateo step in. "You were always right about his secretary wanting to seduce him and that night you got feed up and was heading to my place," He began, gaining Luxury attention.

"You left his territory not fully guarded and his rival decided to hurt what he loved most," he concluded.

"He was a fool to let you go, to let his anger get the best of him," he went on as Michael stood up for his grandfather to seat.

Michael stood amaze by his father acting skills but couldn't utter anything. "He doesn't look like one, in fact I feel lucky to be giving a second chance with him," Luxury finally spoke out, defending Michael.

"Michael is sweet, warm and kind and extra bonus, handsome," she chuckled, causing Mateo to laugh too.

"I'm sure there was other ways I could have told him, my past self seemed reckless,"

"Enough," Michael chipped in, her words only choked him the more. "But it's true, I feel safe with you and I feel lucky to have you, if you don't want me to go through this procedure, then I promise, I won't," she assured, getting both of them to look at her.

Mateo smile, predicting her words already, while to Michael, he carried a heavy burden he was tasked with. By keeping the truth alway from her.